Metallic dampers can enhance structural performance by reducing seismically induced lateral displacements, and by reducing inelastic behavior of beams and columns. Limiting story drift also indirectly allows for mitigation ...

Seismic design relies on inelastic deformations through hysteretic behavior. However, this translates into damage on structural elements, permanent system deformations following an earthquake, and possibly high cost for ...

The floor demands of Single-Degree-of-Freedom (SDOF) systems designed or retrofitted with metallic structural fuses are studied in this article. Floor velocity and acceleration are obtained and comparisons are made between ...

This paper discusses a probabilistic framework for performance assessment and optimal design of floor isolation systems for the protection of acceleration sensitive contents. A multi-objective formulation is considered for ...

Because of the booming wine industry in some seismic countries such as the US, Chile and Argentina, seismic protection of wine storage systems is of practical importance. In this study, the dynamic response of thin-walled ...

This article Summarizes the work done by the authors in seismic isolation over the past six years in Chile. First, a general evaluation of the optimal values of the yield level of the isolation system is performed, focusing ...

In this paper, nonlinear finite element model updating (FEMU) is performed to study the prediction accuracy of a state-of-the-art finite element (FE) model of a seismic isolated bridge (SIB). The seismic isolator model ...

Seismic performance of cylindrical liquid storage tanks base-isolated by bilinear bearings is investigated. The paper displays a stochastic parametrical study in which three design parameters, namely isolation period, yield ...

Seismic isolation of high-rise buildings presents an opportunity but also a challenge to seismic isolation, a technique mostly used in the past in low and moderate-rise buildings. It turns out that under certain conditions ...

Passive energy dissipation (PED) devices have been implemented to enhance structural performance by reducing seismically induced structural damage. In this paper metallic dampers are defined to be structural fuses (SF) ...